MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Dustin May
Dustin May
STL · P
Change to
Portrait of Jack Kochanowicz
Jack Kochanowicz
LAA · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dustin May.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Dustin May wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W); Jack Kochanowicz wins 0 (none); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dustin May
96.9
Jack Kochanowicz
96.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
10.5%
Jack Kochanowicz
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
23.1%
Jack Kochanowicz
15.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dustin May
29.8%
Jack Kochanowicz
25.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
46.1%
Jack Kochanowicz
42.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
6.5%
Jack Kochanowicz
7.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dustin May
.306
Jack Kochanowicz
.359
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Dustin May
3.385.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.91
Jack Kochanowicz
3.385.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.23
5.07
WHIPlower is better
Dustin May
1.211.61
now 1.30
1.33
Jack Kochanowicz
1.211.61
now 1.48
1.52

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dustin May
4059.40
now 51
37
Jack Kochanowicz
4059.40
now 46
30
Winshigher is better
Dustin May
.2003.80
now 3
13
Jack Kochanowicz
.2003.80
now 2
12

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowDustin May — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.74
SellJack Kochanowicz — sell.conf 0.90
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